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General news which affects the Molokai community in one way or another.

Micro Ag Grants Awarded

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

MEO News Release 

The first 31 of the third round of Maui County Micro Agriculture Grants – with an average amount of $25,000 – were awarded Monday by Maui Economic Opportunity’s Business Development Center.

More than 110 grants are expected to be awarded with the $3 million from the county. The first 31 grants included 11 for farm/ranching operations on Molokai and three on Lanai.

MEO’s Business Development Center, which once again is administering the program, is expected to award another 20 to 25 grants Friday. The goal is to announce all awards by the end of the month.

There were a total of 213 applications for this third round of grants.…

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Mardi Gras at Catholic Church

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

St. Damien Church News Release

On Friday, Feb. 17, St. Damien of Molokai will have its second annual Mardi Gras celebration.  This year the event will be in the evening from 5 to 8 pm at the church.  

Mardi Gras has become a traditional Christian holiday marked with music, food, and good times before the Lenten season. The community is invited to come and enjoy the food, live music, games, a mask contest and baked goods including malasadas.  Lucky number tickets are available for a donation and the grand prize is a $1000 voucher for Mokulele.  

For information about this community event, including how to get a mask to enter in the contest, please contact the St.…

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Kaunakakai School Thefts

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

On Feb. 9, students came to Kaunakakai Elementary and found that someone had stolen the wind screens from their outside eating area. To you who stole these items from our kids, I know you don’t care about the health and welfare of our youngest children; I know you don’t care about shade and wind breaks for the student dining area; I know you don’t care that your “problem,” or whatever it is that is causing you to do this, is going to affect the 300 students at our school. I do know that all you care about is yourself. And, by the way, this is the third time that this has happened. …

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Tree Perspectives

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

We look at a tree and it looks differently as we walk around it.  If we look at the tree from only one perspective, we only have this perspective.  It’s not that our perspective is wrong, it’s just limited.  

Too often we get stuck trying to figure out who’s perspective is right or who’s is wrong.  But this is not the right question we should be asking ourselves.  Why are we viewing the tree from only one perspective?  This is not only boring but we miss so much beauty hidden in the branches. In case a tree needs to be removed due to an infestation, be sure to contact an expert.…

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Trustee and Beneficiary in Trust

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

Trustee and Beneficiary in Trust

Community Contributed

By Eileen M.S. Nims, Esq.

A revocable trust is a wonderful invention. It allows you to protect your assets from going through probate, while maintaining full control over your properties while you are alive. That is because during your lifetime, you are both the trustee and the beneficiary. Upon your passing, the trust becomes irrevocable. This means that no changes can be made to the instructions and the content of the trust. A huge advantage of an irrevocable trust is that is also shields the beneficiaries’ share of assets against predators, creditors and disability.

Predators are those people who suddenly become the beneficiary’s best friend, or people who ask money for their child’s medical bills, or people who will sell you a bridge in Iowa.…

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Professed And Counting

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

Community Contributed

It has been said, though not written, that on Feb. 8, 1944 Patrick and Mary (Fallon) Killilea found me at the end of a rainbow. Subsequently I grew up on my family’s small farm in North East Galway. I attended Killian National School and played Gaelic football for my parish of Newbridge. After finishing primary school, I attended St. Joseph’s College secondary school and played rugby and Gaelic football for my school. I got quite a kick out of both.

During the Easter vacation of my senior year, a Sacred Hearts priest from my parish came by my home and convinced me to enter the novitiate of the Sacred Hearts in Cootehill, County Cavan.…

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Dr. Aluli’s Homecoming

Wednesday, February 8th, 2023

Dr. Aluli’s Homecoming

By Catherine Cluett Pactol

Molokai’s beloved Dr. Noa Emmett Aluli was brought home last week on the Hokule’a, after his passing on Nov. 30, 2022, and welcomed by family, friends and a large gathering of community in an emotional ceremony at Kaunakakai Wharf. The sound of the pu greeted Hokule’a as it approached, and cultural practitioners chanted it in to dock. A hushed crowd looked on as Aluli’s ashes were passed from Hokule’a’s deck to awaiting family.

Aluli’s life partner, Davianna McGregor, with his lei-draped urn in her arms, talked about the parallel paths of Hokule’a’s leadership and that of the organization that Aluli was instrumental in founding. …

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Children’s Theatre Launched on Molokai

Wednesday, February 8th, 2023

By Sage Yamashita, Intern Reporter

Hokulani Children’s Theatre of Molokai (Hokulani CTOM) is here to enrich and inspire the young people of Molokai through theater and the performing arts experience. Officially launched in January 2023, Hokulani CTOM is a grassroots effort created by Vicki Boswell built on community effort. Twenty youth from the ages six to 18 have started to participate and bring their talents to the theater’s first production, The Legend of Mulan. 

“My husband and [my] goal was to go on a mission for 10 years and serve other places,” said Boswell. “I kept having these feelings that we were needed at home, so we came home, and the thought was if I’m here, what do you need me to do?…

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Computer Science Innovation at Kaunakakai School

Wednesday, February 8th, 2023

Computer Science Innovation at Kaunakakai School

By Jack Kiyonaga, Community Reporter 

The students in Kawika Gonzales’ fifth grade class at Kaunakakai School are excited about learning two subjects that aren’t often studied together: computer science and Hawaiian culture.  Thanks to a three-year grant from the University of Hawaii, Gonzales is teaching a program he believes has led to substantial progress in computer science education. 

The grant focuses on the role of culturally relevant computing by combining aspects of computer science with Hawaiian history and traditions. 

Dan Hoffman, one of the University of Hawaii faculty members directing the grant, explained that “the grant is designed around the idea that ‘curriculum is not enough’”. …

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Farmers Finish Seasons Strong

Wednesday, February 8th, 2023

By Sage Yamashita, Intern Reporter

Farmer pride rose throughout the islands of Hawaii, Maui and Molokai last week. The Lady Farmers Basketball team traveled to the Division II HHSAA Girls Basketball State Tournament games in Hilo, and the Swimming and Wrestling teams gave it their all at competitions on Maui – all while Farmers’ friends and family supported them from home. 

The Lady Farmers drew some fire from Kilauea while on Hawaii Island for their last games and played fiercely. After traveling the 141-mile distance, Molokai’s first game in the tournament was against Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA). The girls played hard, but HPA took the win with a score of 68 to 44.…

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